Example sentences of "we are talking [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are talking about the right to behave as members of a democratic organisation and introduce amendments to our own fundamental policies . |
| 2 | Inevitably , we are talking about the South-east , which is where the development pressure is . |
| 3 | We have , in short , to keep our feet on the ground , to get our facts right , and to remember that we are talking about the real world . |
| 4 | It means , by contrast , that when we talk of the technological imperative and resource allocation , we must realize that we are talking about the political process , and understand what this involves . |
| 5 | So we are not really talking about the survival of the earth , we are talking about the survival of the sort of earth we want . |
| 6 | At one level we are talking about the way in which planning decisions are actually arrived at ‘ in the national interest ’ . |
| 7 | You will remember that we have italicised client when we are talking about the main beneficiaries of various forms of care in order to differentiate this from ‘ client ’ used in the simple sense of a recipient of nursing care . |
| 8 | We are not just talking about information ; we are talking about the ability to respond to the living language . |
| 9 | The hut was situated in a cutting on the track-bed of the old East Lincolnshire line that ran between Grimsby and Peterborough via Boston ; we are talking about the southern section of this once busy line . |
| 10 | If we are talking about the Cape Canaveral school of lineout ‘ jumping ’ favoured in South Africa the answer would be an unequivocal , yes . |
| 11 | If , however , we are talking about the number two or number three in a particular market , they may not be of sufficient size to achieve these objectives . |
| 12 | In the second , we are talking about the likelihood of a woman finding adequate childcare facilities for her children and entering the labour market , at a fairly high income level , possibly after many years ' absence from paid employment . |
| 13 | When we are talking about the end of privilege and we are talking about the future and training , we must remember that over half the population are hard done by . |
| 14 | When we are talking about the end of privilege and we are talking about the future and training , we must remember that over half the population are hard done by . |
| 15 | We 're not talking about local authority homes , we are not talking about the voluntary sector , we are talking about the private homes which are run by private companies , or individuals , not on a voluntary basis , but on a profit basis . |
| 16 | Essentially , we are talking about the cold war period , so brilliantly analysed by Mary Kaldor under the rubric of ‘ imaginary war ’ , and as far as Europe and relations between the Soviet Union and the United States are concerned , I have little to add . |
| 17 | ‘ We are talking about the disposition of the mind in the passion of sexual intercourse … . |
| 18 | It 's important to be clear that for the moment we are talking about the purchase of places in the private and voluntary sectors : in-house purchasing is not with us yet . |
| 19 | This applies equally whether we are talking about the sedimentary layers of the cake itself or the palaeontological currants within each layer . |
| 20 | Talking of double standards , of road versus rail and the Bill , where footpaths are concerned we are talking about the removal of ancient obligations . |
| 21 | We are talking about the brain tissue of an aborted foetus whose gestation period has to be between 10 and 11 weeks . |
| 22 | This is why there is equal acceptability in the sentences of ( 50 ) and ( 51 ) , despite the fact that there was a difference of grammatical status between ( 48 ) and ( 49 ) : ( 50 ) a possible result would be the collapse of the whole company such a result is possible ( 51 ) his occasional visits annoyed my brother his visits were only occasional Similarly , ( 52 ) and ( 53 ) are both admissible , but only provided that we are talking about the age of the institution and the accuracy of the narrative , respectively : ( 52 ) Charlie 's school is old ( 53 ) my story is surprising but true |
| 23 | ‘ We are talking about the Occultation of the Twenty-fourth Imam of the Wimbledon Dharjees ! |
| 24 | So what I 'm going to ask effectively that when we are talking about the Greater York element of the housing land allocation we concentrate on the question of is the level of provision enough ? |
| 25 | We are talking about the meeting . |
| 26 | But clearly designing involves more than this rather technical definition : we are talking about the ability to shape and unite , to bring together complexes of factors . |
| 27 | Which , shall we say , we are talking about the A fifty nine , is along the A fifty nine corridor . |
| 28 | While we are talking about the reassured that we not going to be dealing with the position of . |
| 29 | It has become apparent on some of the issues , some of the comments that we made that was if I could call it the you 'll know what we 're talking about and I do n't if we are talking about the there was there was a point somewhere where talked about ing an increase or short of journey time along the ring road and this has been taken as I understand to be that we are setting out an increase of speed er traffic on the sections of road to a junction and that 's totally in force and it was either . |
| 30 | finishes , we are talking about the , the whole of north China right the way through Manchuria |